Re: photo/video on tty console with the new VT/framebuffer

On 2023-05-19 12:51, Ivan Quitschal wrote:
> hi Alastair

Hey Ivan,
 
> could you please tell us how did you do to make mpv working ?
> 
> when i try to run it, i get something like this:
> 
> $ mpv --vo=drm video.mp4
>  (+) Video --vid=1 (*) (h264 424x240 30.000fps)
>  (+) Audio --aid=1 (*) (aac 2ch 44100Hz)
> [vo/drm] No primary DRM device could be picked!
> [vo/drm] Failed to find a usable DRM primary node!
> [vo/drm] Failed to create KMS.
> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (--vo) device.
> Video: no video
> 
> Exiting... (Errors when loading file)
> 
> 
> thats what i should use correct ? --vo=drm ?

What video card are you using? Have you loaded the kernel driver for it?

To health and anarchy,
Alastair